The moment that a sculpture comes off the pedestal (or off the wall), and is suspended, it possesses a tenuous connection to the heavens; it is no longer grounded. My hope is that my suspended art becomes somewhat magical, less serious, more sensitive and perhaps a bit spiritual. These suspended sculptures have no moving parts (like mobiles do).
Created to look like sumi ink drawings, "Fruition" counterbalances strength and fragility, live versus dead . . . The sculpture is in pieces and can be rearranged into different balanced compositions. Other items (besides the apple) can be used and a steel flower is included for those times you don't want to mess with organic material.
Ingredients: Steel
29" diameter x 66" tall
Shown with apple. Try a cantaloupe, a feather, a doll . . .
All pieces shown.
This suspended sculpture merges the geometric with the organic. Each leaf is cut & assembled by hand and appear real.
36" diameter x 48" tall
Ingredients: bamboo, papers imported from Thailand, UV protective acrylic gloss medium and stainless steel wire.
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Ingredients: Hanging Manzanita branch, Abaca fibre blossoms with acrylic paint and freshwater pears, papier mache' birds with gold leaf.
28" diameter x 44" tall
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Ingredients: Hanging Manzanita branch, Abaca fibre blossoms with acrylic paint and freshwater pears, papier mache' birds with gold leaf. (28" diameter x 44" tall)
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Being directionally challenged, over many years, I have relied on cairns of rocks left by other hikers to guide me along Colorado mountain trails.
12" diameter x 48" tall
Ingredients: acid-free tissue paper, acrylic medium, acrylic paint, monofilament
Ingredients: Papier mache' consisting of acid-free tissue paper, acrylic medium, acrylic paint, thread, & monofilament.
7" diameter x 32" tall
Ingredients: Papier mache' using acid-free tissue paper & acrylic medium; acrylic paint, archival ink, thread
(9" diameter x 44" tall)
Available at the Littleton Museum
September 15 - October 23, 2016
I read a Wall Street Journal article where six "luminaries" were asked to weigh in on the topic of "possession." Five were real humans (e.g., Jay Leno) and the sixth was Barbie. She responded that her favorite possession was - no, not her shoes, but imagination and her ability to inspire imagination. "Like the time I drove my Corvette through a magical rainforest to save a purple hamster." Here she is stripped of all her possessions, hair and color, with only her innards exposed.
Ingredients: Abaca fibre, gold & silver leaf, bamboo, paint
18" diameter x 32" tall
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